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Spike
·vt To fix on a spike. II. Spike ·noun An ear of corn or grain. III. Spike ·vt To set or furnish w...

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Plank
·vt To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. II. Plank ·vt To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a...

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to plank
To lay; to put; generally applied to money; as, 'He planked down the cash.' I've had to plank down ...

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plank
Thick boards, 18 feet long at least, from 1-1/2 to 4 inches thick, and 9 or 10 inches broad; of less...

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spike team
A waggon drawn by three horses, or by two oxen and a horse, the latter leading the oxen or span of h...

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marline-spike
An iron pin tapering to a point, and principally used to separate the strands of a rope, in order to...

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spike-nails
See deck-nails. ...

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spike-tackle and cant-falls
The ropes and blocks used in whalers to sling their prey to the side of the ship. ...

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spike-tub
A vessel in which the fat of bears, seals, and minor quarry is set aside till a "making off" gives a...

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Plank-sheer
·noun The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame. ...

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bottom-plank
That which is placed between the garboard-strake and lower back-strake. ...

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diminishing plank
The same as diminishing stuff (which see). ...

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futtock-plank
The first plank of the ceiling next the kelson; the limber-strake. ...

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ice-plank
See spike-plank. ...

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plank-sheer
Pieces of plank covering the timber-heads round the ship; also, the gunwale or covering-board. The s...

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soft-plank
Picking a soft plank in the deck, is choosing an easy berth. (See plank it, to.) ...

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marline-spike hitch
A peculiar hitch in marling, made by laying the marline-spike upon the seizing stuff, and then bring...

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walking the plank
A mode of destroying devoted persons or officers in a mutiny or ship-board, by blindfolding them, an...

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to walk the plank
This is an expression borrowed from the horrible practice of pirates, who, when they determine to de...

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edging of plank
Sawing or hewing it narrower. ...

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plank it, to
To sleep on the bare decks, choosing, as the galley saying has it, the softest plank. ...

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walking a plank
An obsolete method of destroying people in mutiny and piracy, under a plea of avoiding the penalty o...

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pricking for a soft plank
Selecting a place on the deck for sleeping upon. ...

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